Today has been our last full day in NZ and we have just been tying up a few loose ends. Dropped the hire car back and I was a little worried as there were a few stone chips on the windscreen (the roads over here are full of gravel) and thought we might get charged. After we left without incurring any costs and got to the hotel Mel realised that we had not paid them for our ferry crossing which we had both totally forgot about. Had a really nice meal in the hote...

Today we took a day trip out of the city to a place called Akaroa its about a 90km drive on Highway 75. We passed through a town called Little River then decided to take the tourist route on "Summit Road" it was a really winding road and really high up too. It was so high that there was snow all over the road (the first that we have had since we have been here!!) it took us about an hour to drive this route but the views more than made up for it. We finally desc...

Today we have spent the day around the City itself. We walked into town and picked up our tram ticket which gives you 2 days unlimited travel (great value) After the 1st full loop we went around again and stopped off at the things which caught our eye, the first was Worcester Bridge for a view of the River Avon(which is about 5cm deep here at the minute!!!) then we walked down to check out the art gallery (free) then the Arts Centre which used to be the universi...

We are currently staying in Christchurch and it will be our base for the next few days till we leave for Melbourne. Our home is an old jail that has been converted into a hostel but has kept all the character!!! The rooms are the actual cells and Mel and I are Fletcher and Godber!!! It is really echoey and a cool, place to stay. Today we visited the Antarctic Centre near the airport, this was a really cool place to visit (there is a joke there somewhere!!) You ...

Hi guys today we have done a dog leg across the country from Dunedin on the East Coast up to Oamaru then West through Kurow to Omarama then up to Mt Cook. The drive was around 350km and our first stop was the Moeraki Boulders 80km outside Dunedin. They are nearly perfectly spherical and some have a circumference of over 13ft. They were formed on the seabed around 60 million years ago as lime salts accumulated around a hard core. Maori legend claims the boulders w...